Description |
xxvii, 275 pages ; 23 cm |
Series |
Athene series |
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Athene series.
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Contents |
I. The Problem. American Health Un-Care. Who's in Control? Are Women the Sicker Sex? Sexism in Medicine -- II. "Baby Catchers and Uterus Snatchers" Cultural Customs and Childbirth. Nineteenth-Century Men-Midwives. Modern Obstetrical Intervention. Nineteenth-Century Pelvic Surgery. J. Marion Sims, "The Father of Gynecology" Female Castration - The Ovariectomy. The Clitoridectomy, a Cure for Masturbators. Twentieth Century: Primary Care Physician or Super-specialist? -- III. The Hospital Setting. Institution and Patients. Department and Staff. The Residency Programs. The Residents. "The Happy Specialty" "Ego Trip" Emphasis on Life - Avoidance of Death. Control over Women. Would Women Be Better Obstetrician-Gynecologists Than Men? -- IV. The Surgical Mentality. Skills Emphasized in Training. What an Obstetrician-Gynecologist Is Trained to Do. What a Woman's Doctor Is Not Taught. Learning Not to Care. Women as "Teaching Material" Hysterectomy - A Case in Point |
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V. Learning to Be a Surgeon. "Practicing" Medicine. Mastery of Skills. Developing Confidence. Aggressive vs. Conservative - Two Approaches to Surgery -- VI. Negotiating to Do Surgery. Getting Cases Turned. Manipulating Surgical Assignments. Obtaining Approval for Surgery. Finding "Material" Selling the Hysterectomy. Avoiding Work -- VII. Strategies for Change. Unnecessary Surgery: Individual or Professional Deviance? Health Care and the Poor. Controls on Physician Behavior. Strategies for Reducing Unnecessary Surgery. Health Care: A Right or Privilege? A National Health Service. The Women's Health Movement. Closing the Gap in Women's Health Knowledge. Health Politics. Individual Solutions to Collective Problems: Protect Yourself and Work Together |
Notes |
"Originally published in 1980 by Houghton Mifflin Company"--T.p. verso |
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"Reissue with a new introduction." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Generative organs, Female -- Surgery -- United States.
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Gynecology -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- United States.
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Gynecology -- United States.
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Obstetrics -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- United States.
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Obstetrics -- United States.
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Sexism in medicine -- United States.
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Surgery, Unnecessary -- United States.
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SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
LC no. |
93045686 |
ISBN |
0807762733 (acid-free paper) |
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9780807762738 |
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